Hebrews 13:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Let brotherly love continue.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ἡ φιλαδελφία μενέτω.

Transliteration

The philadelphia let menetō.

Grammar Details

• *philadelphia*: nominative, feminine, singular - brotherly love
• *menetō*: imperative, present, active, 3rd person, singular - let continue/remain/abide

Word Meanings

• *philadelphia*: brotherly love/affection, love of brothers/siblings
• *menetō*: continue/remain/abide/stay/persist

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Let brotherly love continue.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Let brotherly love continue.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let love of the brethren continue.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let brotherly love continue.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Let brotherly love continue.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Let brotherly loue cotynue.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Let brotherly loue continue.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Let brotherly loue continue.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Let brotherly love continue.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Let brotherly love continue.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Let brotherly love remain;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let love of the brethren continue.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let love of the brethren continue.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Go on loving your brothers in the faith.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Let brotherly love continue.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Final Exhortations Brotherly love must continue.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,
• 2 Pet 1:7 : 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness love.
• 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
• 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous;
• 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 And above all things have fervent love among yourselves: for love will cover a multitude of sins.
• Rom 12:9-9 : 9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cling to that which is good. 10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love; in honor giving preference to one another;
• 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brothers, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other abounds;
• Heb 6:10-11 : 10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end,
• Heb 10:24 : 24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
• John 15:17 : 17 These things I command you, that you love one another.
• Gal 5:13 : 13 For, brethren, you have been called to freedom; only do not use freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
• 1 John 2:9-9 : 9 He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now. 10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
• 1 John 3:10-18 : 10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother. 11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous. 13 Do not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death. 15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16 By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God abide in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
• 1 John 4:7-9 : 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, because God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
• 1 John 4:20-5:1 : 20 If someone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. 1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child born of them.
• 2 John 1:5-6 : 5 And now I urge you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. 6 And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.
• Rev 2:4 : 4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.
• 1 John 3:23 : 23 And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
• John 13:34-35 : 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
• Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
• Eph 4:3 : 3 Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
• Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
• Phil 2:1-3 : 1 Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 Fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vanity; but in humility let each consider others better than themselves.
• 1 Thess 4:9-9 : 9 But concerning brotherly love, you do not need that I write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another. 10 And indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia, but we beseech you, brethren, that you increase more and more.
• Acts 2:1 : 1 When the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all together in one place.
• Acts 2:44-46 : 44 Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, 45 And sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need. 46 So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,
• Acts 4:32 : 32 Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
• Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision matters nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.